Words in the Dust

Words in the Dust by Trent Reedy is a fictional account of an Afghan village girl and her life.  Born with a cleft lip, her family and community treats her like a second-class citizen.  She encounters American troops patrolling her village, and they offer her help in a surprising way.  The pages of this book…

Grieved

It grieves our hearts to learn about the deaths of the nine Afghan boys that took place in the Kunar province of Afghanistan.  You can read the full story as reported by the Associated Press and the Washington times. Please join us in praying for the families, relatives, and friends of these children. The life…

To Live in Fear

Zahra*, a teenage Hazara girl, should be in high school. Her older brother, a follower of Jesus, lives in America and is currently unable to travel abroad. Older sisters and other relatives reside in many countries, such as: Australia, Canada, and Europe. Zahra and her younger sisters and brothers lived with their parents in a…

Wet Cement

Let the (Afghan) Children Come to Me As the title of a book I read in seminary states, “Children are wet cement”.  This has been so apparent in December, not that I ever doubted it, though. I had the privilege of spending time with children several times during the month of December.  Before Christmas the…